Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 1m 0.05s

(3)

Anatoli⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Manning| T: J Feane| C

10/1

Made a winning debut at this track (6f). 125/1, 18¾ lengths last of 7 to Native Trail in National Stakes at the Curragh (7f, good) 5 days ago. Down in trip. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 17

(4)

Hms Endeavour²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

1/1

Promising sort. Won 14-runner maiden (3/1) at Navan (5.8f, good) 20 days ago, always holding on. Type to go on improving for a while, so should take the beating despite drop in trip.

Form: 31

(1)

Lord Gorgeous⁴⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 84| CD

15/2

C&D winner in April. 100/1, below form fourteenth of 22 in minor event at Naas (5.9f, good to soft) 46 days ago. Up against it.

Form: 31500

(5)

Speedacus¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Declan McDonogh| T: K P Cotter| OR: 85| D

9/1

Fairly useful gelding. Career best when winning 8-runner nursery (17/2) at Navan (5f, good) 13 days ago by neck from Jarvis, all out. Makes polytrack debut. Needs to do better still.

Form: 782431

(2)

Jarvis¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 79

13/2

Fairly useful colt. Good neck second of 8 to Speedacus in nursery (4/1) at Navan (5f, good) 13 days ago, running on. Makes polytrack debut. Looks vulnerable.

Form: 742092

(6)

Pennine Hills⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Hugh Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 92

9/2

Lightly-raced winner. 22/1, bit below form 5½ lengths fifth of 11 to Panama Red in listed race at Leopardstown (7.2f, good) 6 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Strong claims on her best form.

Form: 1265

Forecasts

Hms Endeavour (1/1), Pennine Hills (9/2), Jarvis (13/2), Lord Gorgeous (15/2), Speedacus (9/1), Anatoli (10/1)

HMS ENDEAVOUR was much improved from his debut when making all in a Navan maiden 20 days ago and, with plenty more improvement on the cards, he gets the nod ahead of Pennine Hill who has, admittedly, achieved a bit more to this point. Speedacus is the pick of a remainder in a tricky affair.